republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2026/hb-884.md

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Bill	Electric utilities; Percentage of Income Payment Program, eligibility, delayed effective date.	Electric utilities; Percentage of Income Payment Program; eligibility. Amends the objectives of the Percentage of Income Payment Program, which provides electric bill payment assistance to eligible customers, to include (i) reducing the energy burden of eligible participants by limiting electric bill payments directly to no more than three percent of the eligible participant's annual household income if the household's heating source is anything other than electricity and to no more than five percent of an eligible participant's annual household income on electricity costs if the household's primary heating source is electricity. The bill also amends the eligibility criteria of the Program beginning January 1, 2027, to include any retail electric customer of Dominion Energy or Appalachian Power with a household income at or below 200 percent of the federal poverty level. The bill directs the Department of Social Services, in consultation with the Department of Housing and Community Development as needed, to update its rules and guidelines for the implementation of the Program to reflect the eligibility requirements of the bill. The provisions of the bill, other than the provisions directing the Department of Social Services to update its rules and guidelines, have a delayed effective date of January 1, 2027.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2026	HB 884	Virginia HB 884 (2026)	bill		enacted	Charniele L. Herring	6	39	10	2026-01-13	2026-04-13	openstates	ocd-bill/8cc698ad-8cc4-4413-8761-3c907f3f05dc	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB884	91eeaae386ce48f52fdeb72d9ad31515bb94420cf883f7900c3e85a4a86eac0c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 884 (2026) — Electric utilities; Percentage of Income Payment Program, eligibility, delayed effective date.

Electric utilities; Percentage of Income Payment Program; eligibility. Amends the objectives of the Percentage of Income Payment Program, which provides electric bill payment assistance to eligible customers, to include (i) reducing the energy burden of eligible participants by limiting electric bill payments directly to no more than three percent of the eligible participant's annual household income if the household's heating source is anything other than electricity and to no more than five percent of an eligible participant's annual household income on electricity costs if the household's primary heating source is electricity. The bill also amends the eligibility criteria of the Program beginning January 1, 2027, to include any retail electric customer of Dominion Energy or Appalachian Power with a household income at or below 200 percent of the federal poverty level. The bill directs the Department of Social Services, in consultation with the Department of Housing and Community Development as needed, to update its rules and guidelines for the implementation of the Program to reflect the eligibility requirements of the bill. The provisions of the bill, other than the provisions directing the Department of Social Services to update its rules and guidelines, have a delayed effective date of January 1, 2027.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
3. Finance and Appropriations Substitute (committee substitute) — source
4. Labor and Commerce Amendment (committee substitute) — source
5. Subcommittee #3 Subcommittee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
6. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) — 7–2 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Labor and Commerce with amendment(s) — 15–7 (pass) · lower
• H VOTE: — 62–34 (pass) · lower
• H VOTE: — 63–35 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Appropriations — 15–7 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Commerce and Labor — 9–6 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute — 10–4 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting — 5–2 (pass) · lower
• Passage R — 21–19 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 37–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Charniele L. Herring — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2026-01-13 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104182D filing, introduction
• 2026-01-13 Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce referral-committee
• 2026-01-22 Assigned HCL sub: Subcommittee #3 referral-committee
• 2026-01-25 Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB884)
• 2026-02-03 House subcommittee offered
• 2026-02-03 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) and referring to Appropriations (7-Y 2-N)
• 2026-02-05 Reported from Labor and Commerce with amendment(s) and referred to Appropriations (15-Y 7-N) committee-passage
• 2026-02-06 Assigned HAPP sub: Health & Human Resources referral-committee
• 2026-02-11 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB884)
• 2026-02-13 Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 2-N)
• 2026-02-13 Reported from Appropriations (15-Y 7-N) committee-passage
• 2026-02-15 Read first time reading-1
• 2026-02-16 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-02-16 committee amendments agreed to amendment-passage
• 2026-02-16 Engrossed by House as amended
• 2026-02-17 Read third time and passed House (63-Y 34-N 0-A) passage, reading-3
• 2026-02-18 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
• 2026-02-18 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor referral-committee
• 2026-02-21 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB884)
• 2026-03-09 Reported from Commerce and Labor and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 6-N) committee-passage
• 2026-03-09 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (10-Y 4-N) committee-passage
• 2026-03-10 Committee substitute printed 26109545D-S1 substitution
• 2026-03-10 Rules suspended
• 2026-03-10 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (37-Y 0-N 0-A)
• 2026-03-10 Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
• 2026-03-11 Read third time reading-3
• 2026-03-11 Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to
• 2026-03-11 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute substitution
• 2026-03-11 Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 19-N 0-A) passage
• 2026-03-12 Senate substitute agreed to by House (63-Y 35-N 0-A) substitution
• 2026-03-25 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB884)
• 2026-03-30 Enrolled enrolled
• 2026-03-30 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB884ER) passage
• 2026-03-30 Signed by President passage
• 2026-03-31 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2026-03-31 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB884)
• 2026-03-31 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2026-03-31 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 executive-receipt
• 2026-04-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 690 (effective 7/1/2026) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8cc698ad-8cc4-4413-8761-3c907f3f05dc. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).